2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague

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2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
Season2000–01
Duration18 October 2000 – 13 May 2001
Number of teams20
Finals
ChampionsIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd title)
  Runners-upGreece Panathinaikos
Third placeTurkey Efes Pilsen
Fourth placeRussia CSKA Moscow
Awards
Season MVPUnited States Nate Huffman
Final Four MVPSlovenia Ariel McDonald
Statistical leaders
Points Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Berić 23.3
Rebounds Italy Roberto Chiacig 9.4
Assists Latvia Raimonds Miglinieks 7.0

The 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague was the FIBA European professional club basketball Champions' Cup for the 2000–01 season. Up until that season, there was one cup, the FIBA European Champions' Cup (which is now called the EuroLeague), though in this season of 2000–01, the leading European teams split into two competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague and Euroleague Basketball Company's Euroleague 2000–01.

The season started on 18 October 2000, and ended on 13 May 2001. The competition's Final Four took place at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, France. The 2000–01 SuproLeague was the last European top tier club competition organised by FIBA.

European Champions' Cup teams divided[edit]

The European Champions' Cup was originally established by FIBA and it operated under its umbrella from 1958 until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–2000 season. Euroleague Basketball was created on 1 July 2000.

FIBA had never trademarked the "EuroLeague" name and had no legal recourse on the usage of that name. Therefore, FIBA had to find a new name for their league and chose "SuproLeague". The 2000–01 season started with two top European professional club basketball competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague (renamed from the FIBA EuroLeague) and the brand new Euroleague.

Top clubs were split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Tau Cerámica, and Benetton Treviso joined Euroleague Basketball.

Competition system and format[edit]

  • 20 teams (national domestic league champions, and runners-up from various national domestic leagues), playing in a tournament system.

The first phase was a regular season, in which the twenty competing teams were drawn into two groups, each containing ten teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 18 games for each team. The top 8 teams in each group advanced to the Round of 16, and the winners of this round advanced to the Quarterfinals. Both of the rounds were played in a Best-of-three playoff system. The winning teams of the Quarterfinals qualified to the SuproLeague Final Four, which was held in the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, on 10–13 May 2001.

Teams[edit]

Regular season
Greece Panathinaikos (1st) France ASVEL (2nd) Italy Montepaschi Siena (6th) Croatia Split CO (3rd)
Greece Iraklis (7th) France Pau-Orthez (3rd) Italy Scavolini Pesaro (9th) Slovenia Krka (1st)
Turkey Efes Pilsen (2nd) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st) Germany Alba Berlin (1st) Lithuania Lietuvos rytas (1st)
Turkey Ülker (3rd) Israel Maccabi Ra'anana (2nd) Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2nd) Poland Śląsk Wrocław (1st)
Russia CSKA Moscow (1st) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan ICN (2nd) Belgium Telindus Oostende (2nd) Sweden Plannja (1st)

Qualification round[edit]

If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group A[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Greece Panathinaikos 18 13 5 1477 1364 +113 31 Advance to Play Offs
2 Russia CSKA Moscow 18 12 6 1429 1376 +53 30
3 Croatia Split CO 18 12 6 1363 1335 +28 30
4 Turkey Ülker 18 11 7 1481 1419 +62 29
5 Germany Alba Berlin 18 9 9 1439 1408 +31 27
6 France ASVEL 18 9 9 1413 1400 +13 27
7 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 18 7 11 1522 1536 −14 25
8 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 18 7 11 1432 1446 −14 25
9 Italy Montepaschi Siena 18 6 12 1406 1495 −89 24
10 Israel Maccabi Ra'anana 18 4 14 1294 1477 −183 22
Source: FIBA Europe

Results[edit]

Home \ Away ALB ASV CSK RYT RAA MPS PAO WRO SPL ULK
Alba Berlin 74–68 80–77 95–70 77–68 79–80 79–71 86–78 73–79 75–78
ASVEL 74–71 72–80 87–69 93–71 86–87 86–92 74–70 88–78 71–66
CSKA Moscow 89–86 83–91 88–82 69–68 85–78 69–57 72–65 66–57 83–88
Lietuvos rytas 71–80 80–81 84–88 91–69 92–93 87–78 91–101 93–77 79–97
Maccabi Ra'anana 77–84 75–68 66–74 71–88 86–71 68–82 89–82 77–84 77–76
Montepaschi Siena 93–83 67–70 76–78 87–91 82–67 65–97 74–83 76–81 76–87
Panathinaikos 92–75 86–82 89–81 104–83 83–61 99–95 85–79 64–60 84–77
Śląsk Wrocław 76–85 89–79 69–84 74–92 95–68 82–72 62–76 72–75 79–69
Split CO 77–73 84–78 75–72 83–80 76–65 81–61 68–59 83–88 76–70
Ülker 90–84 78–65 93–91 83–99 102–71 68–73 87–79 92–88 80–69
Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Group B[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 18 15 3 1616 1343 +273 33 Advance to Play Offs
2 Turkey Efes Pilsen 18 13 5 1478 1386 +92 31
3 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan ICN 18 11 7 1492 1517 −25 29
4 Greece Iraklis 18 10 8 1494 1504 −10 28
5 Italy Scavolini Pesaro 18 9 9 1594 1518 +76 27
6 France Pau-Orthez 18 9 9 1486 1432 +54 27
7 Belgium Telindus Oostende 18 8 10 1478 1544 −66 26
8 Slovenia Krka 18 7 11 1401 1487 −86 25
9 Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 18 6 12 1559 1624 −65 24
10 Sweden Plannja 18 2 16 1394 1637 −243 20
Source: FIBA Europe

Results[edit]

Home \ Away LEV EFS IRA KRK MTA PAR PAU PLA SCA OOS
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 69–71 106–110 102–94 98–100 95–81 88–79 89–72 78–82 82–90
Efes Pilsen 97–88 88–65 84–70 72–66 93–82 88–76 104–75 96–92 89–80
Iraklis 98–87 72–87 73–80 92–85 91–76 86–82 89–74 92–85 74–62
Krka 92–73 64–72 65–85 89–87 78–79 73–77 97–92 102–100 80–78
Maccabi Tel Aviv 100–67 69–59 95–71 83–67 89–53 91–67 95–69 80–78 96–79
Partizan 108–99 79–68 93–81 77–67 73–95 75–69 99–88 76–73 89–80
Pau-Orthez 79–80 94–73 76–74 100–75 80–93 92–81 86–59 84–76 92–95
Plannja 76–84 84–92 90–94 72–68 68–113 81–90 62–75 78–85 88–87
Scavolini Pesaro 107–89 82–80 90–70 90–68 81–85 84–93 102–89 91–78 118–97
Telindus Oostende 88–85 79–65 83–77 63–72 80–94 94–88 61–89 99–88 83–78
Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

Eight-Finals Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
                  
A1 Greece Panathinaikos 82 86 2
B8 Slovenia Krka 65 79 0
Greece Panathinaikos 87 71 2
Germany Alba Berlin 77 69 0
B4 Greece Iraklis 78 77 75 1
A5 Germany Alba Berlin 67 88 86 2
Greece Panathinaikos 74
Turkey Efes Pilsen 66
B2 Turkey Efes Pilsen 89 69 86 2
A7 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 78 73 67 1
Turkey Efes Pilsen 95 64 82 2
Croatia Split CO 69 72 59 1
A3 Croatia Split CO 79 85 2
B6 France Pau-Orthez 78 83 0
Greece Panathinaikos 67
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 81
B1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 81 85 2
A8 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 75 62 0
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 80 84 2
Italy Scavolini Pesaro 69 77 0
A4 Turkey Ülker 91 83 85 1
B5 Italy Scavolini Pesaro 81 96 88 2
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 86
Russia CSKA Moscow 80
A2 Russia CSKA Moscow 94 77 2 Third Place
B7 Belgium Telindus Oostende 76 70 0
Russia CSKA Moscow 78 82 2 Turkey Efes Pilsen 91
France ASVEL 63 76 0 Russia CSKA Moscow 85
B3 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan ICN 80 76 62 1
A6 France ASVEL 73 94 73 2

Eight-Finals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Panathinaikos Greece 2–0 Slovenia Krka 82–65 86–79
CSKA Moscow Russia 2–0 Belgium Telindus Oostende 94–76 77–70
Efes Pilsen Turkey 2–1 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 89–78 69–73 86–67
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 2–0 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 81–75 85–62
Ülker Turkey 1–2 Italy Scavolini Pesaro 91–81 83–96 85–88
Split CO Croatia 2–0 France Pau-Orthez 79–78 85–83
Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–2 France ASVEL 80–73 76–94 62–73
Iraklis Greece 1–2 Germany Alba Berlin 78–67 77–88 75–86

Quarter-Finals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Panathinaikos Greece 2–0 Germany Alba Berlin 87–77 71–69
CSKA Moscow Russia 2–0 France ASVEL 78–63 82–76
Efes Pilsen Turkey 2–1 Croatia Split CO 95–69 64–72 82–59
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 2–0 Italy Scavolini Pesaro 80–69 84–77

Final four[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

11 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Panathinaikos Greece 74–66 Turkey Efes Pilsen
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 86–80 Russia CSKA Moscow

3rd place game[edit]

13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Efes Pilsen Turkey 91–85 Russia CSKA Moscow

Final[edit]

13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Panathinaikos Greece 67–81 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague champions
Israel
Maccabi Tel Aviv
3rd title

Final standings[edit]

Pos Team
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Greece Panathinaikos
Turkey Efes Pilsen
4 Russia CSKA Moscow

Awards[edit]

All official awards of the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague.

FIBA SuproLeague Player of the Year[edit]

FIBA SuproLeague Top Scorer[edit]

FIBA SuproLeague Finals Top Scorer[edit]

FIBA SuproLeague Final Four MVP[edit]

FIBA SuproLeague All-Final Four Team[edit]

First Team[1]
Slovenia Ariel McDonald (MVP) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
United States Anthony Parker Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga Greece Panathinaikos
Russia Andrei Kirilenko Russia CSKA Moscow
United States Nate Huffman Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv

Statistics[edit]

Individual statistics[edit]

Points[edit]

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Berić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 20 465 23.3
2. United States Charles Thomas Sweden Plannja 13 291 22.4
3. United States John Best Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 17 378 22.2

Source: FIBA Europe

Rebounds[edit]

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Italy Roberto Chiacig Italy Montepaschi Siena 18 169 9.4
2. Russia Andrei Kirilenko Russia CSKA Moscow 22 203 9.2
3. United States Nate Huffman Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 24 216 9.0

Source: FIBA Europe

Assists[edit]

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Latvia Raimonds Miglinieks Poland Śląsk Wrocław 20 139 7.0
2. France Laurent Sciarra France ASVEL 23 142 6.2
3. United States Chuck Evans Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 18 97 5.4

Source: FIBA Europe

Blocks[edit]

Rank Name Team Games Blocks BPG
1. Russia Andrei Kirilenko Russia CSKA Moscow 22 47 2.1
2. Russia Andrei Fetisov Russia CSKA Moscow 24 38 1.6
3. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Koturović Germany Alba Berlin 23 35 1.5

Source: FIBA Europe

Other statistics[edit]

Category Player Team Games Average
Steals United States Ralph Biggs Belgium Telindus Oostende 20 2.1
Turnovers Lithuania Andrius Giedraitis Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 15 3.7
Minutes United States Charles Thomas Sweden Plannja 13 38.5
FT % Croatia Damir Mulaomerović Turkey Efes Pilsen 26 89.2%
2-Point % Russia Andrei Kirilenko Russia CSKA Moscow 22 63.9%
3-Point % France Laurent Pluvy France ASVEL 23 54.2%

Individual game highs[edit]

Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Points Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Berić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 38 Belgium Telindus Oostende (Dec 7, 2000)
Rebounds Greece Lazaros Papadopoulos Greece Iraklis 21 Germany Alba Berlin (Apr 5, 2001)
Turkey Hüseyin Beşok Turkey Efes Pilsen Sweden Plannja (Jan 4, 2001)
Assists Latvia Raimonds Miglinieks Poland Śląsk Wrocław 15 Italy Montepaschi Siena (Nov 15, 2000)
Blocks Turkey Hüseyin Beşok Turkey Efes Pilsen 7 Sweden Plannja (Jan 4, 2001)
Steals Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Veselin Petrović Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 9 Sweden Plannja (Feb 15, 2001)

Team statistics[edit]

Category Team Average
Points Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 88.0
Rebounds Greece Iraklis 33.8
Assists France ASVEL 18.0
Blocks Russia CSKA Moscow 4.3
Steals Italy Montepaschi Siena 10.1
Turnovers Sweden Plannja 14.8
FT % Italy Scavolini Pesaro 79.4%
2-Point % Greece Panathinaikos 56.4%
3-Point % Italy Scavolini Pesaro 40.4%

Two continental champions[edit]

In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague. The leaders of both organizations realized the need to come up with a new single competition. Negotiating from the position of strength, Euroleague Basketball Company dictated proceedings and FIBA essentially had no choice but to agree to their terms. As a result, the EuroLeague was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball Company's umbrella, and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well. It is today officially admitted that European basketball had two champions that year, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague.

Formation of the Euroleague[edit]

A year later, Euroleague Basketball Company and FIBA decided that Euroleague Basketball's EuroLeague competition would be the main basketball tournament on the continent, to be played between the top-level teams of Europe. FIBA Europe from 2002 would also organize a European league for third-tier level teams, known as the FIBA Europe League competition, while Euroleague Basketball would also organize its own second-tier level league, combining FIBA's long-time FIBA Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions into one new competition, the EuroCup. In 2005, Euroleague Basketball and FIBA decided to cooperate with each other and did so until 2016.

In essence, the authority in European professional basketball was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics), while Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions lasted only one more season before folding, which was when Euroleague Basketball launched the EuroCup.

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